My second marathon I set out with a goal to complete the marathon within 4 hours Best case scenario would be to complete by 3hr 50 min, worst case scenario would be 4:10 Preparation: Registered early in May for Oct 15th Bengaluru Marathon My plan was based on Hal Higdon intermediate plan. Modified it to so that I run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, long run Saturday and Sunday. I was slightly ahead of plan till Aug. Then the rains came and it spoilt my Saturdays long run. But I had finished my second long run of 35.5K by 10th Sep. Ran the Spirit of Wipro on 17th Sep, it gave me idea on my preparation was progressing. I did a Half Marathon with a Personal Best of 1:48 on a tough course, it felt good. I ran a slow first 5 K and then upped my pace till 10.5 and I really turned it on in second half for a negative split. It worked and I met planned 1:48 goal. This would be my template for Full Marathon. I came across a timing predictor in Runner's world based on recent timing for HM an